Arne’s guide to PC building happiness

**Menthol** · 01-28-2018 02:44 AM

Originally Posted by Arne Saknussemm

LOL xeromist

Careful..that's how headlines start "Ted Cruz caught being blown by fan"

Nothing to worry about, he has no fans

**Arne Saknussemm** · 01-28-2018 08:28 AM

Originally Posted by Hillguy

I have a desk full of sprite

Heh! thanks Hillguy! Maybe some Newfie rubbed off on me....had many a night out in St Johns...

Originally Posted by Menthol

Nothing to worry about, he has no fans

Hahaha

**SlackROG** · 01-28-2018 11:53 PM

One very good Rule of Thumb is, only buy new technology if you don't mind tinkering, because with 'Latest Generation Hardware' you will most likely at some point run into issues.

So it's best to sit on technology and buy hardware that has been out at least 1-2 years, so time is given to work the bugs out, let it settle and become a more stable platform, of course it all depends on the hardware. Of course as technology advances, hopefully it will only take a few months to work the bugs out. Ryzen is a good example of this on the Linux platform, it took around 6 months to get past some issues...

If you want the latest toys, must have, then buy New Technology, but remember, your mileage may vary!

If you want stability, then look at hardware that has been around a while and proven itself out in the field!

I personally have always taken the 'Stability' road, and I've never had a problem ever in computing with my hardware...

Have Fun!

**Arne Saknussemm** · 01-29-2018 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by SlackROG

only buy new technology if you don't mind tinkering

There is something to be said for that approach. Certainly, new platforms are probably best not jumped into right at the begging if you don't already have a good grounding in troubleshooting, or you are expecting plug and play at the highest level specs!

But if you do your research and stay within the bounds of reason with your expectations then I see no problem...never had a problem myself even with latest stuff....touch wood...

**kkn** · 01-29-2018 07:39 PM

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**Velcade** · 01-30-2018 08:08 PM

Nice read. I have a question about the power supply. Putting my system together on PCPP my power requirement is 409w. I was thinking of getting a 650w gold G3. After reading your guide should I be looking at a 850w? CPU: 8700k (OC 5.0) GPU: 1080

Thanks!

**Arne Saknussemm** · 01-30-2018 08:49 PM

Hey Velcade!

This is where these calculators let you down big time. I don't think many (any) have good data input for OCing. An 8700K at 5.0GHz could pull 160-170+ W during some avx task and an OCd 1080 could pull the same...bang goes your 400W PSU

That said...650W would be "fine"... but as stated in the Guide...long term overclocking happiness accounting for ageing and overhead...750W...depends on how long you want to keep system for etc. how much overclocking. If most of the time it's gaming, then you could comfortably get away with 650 sure...but like I say I don't recognise anything below 750W as a PSU...but on the other hand I don't want anyone to spend more than they have to...if you see what I mean. If you ever wanted to get a second GPU then an 850 is what you want...

What would your granny's pacemaker prefer...

I have a 1250W PSU that is about to be put out to grass...done 6 years over 3 or 4 multi GPU platforms without a hitch...If I'd gone for an 850W, which could have run the systems...mostly....I don't know it would have made it comfortably this long...in fact I'm kind of sure it wouldn't...

Originally Posted by kkn

Tinkering

....is good!

**Arne Saknussemm** · 02-02-2018 09:07 PM

So...just swapped out my 2012 vintage Seasonic 1250X...six years of flawless service.

Replacing with Seasonic 1200 Platinum...for Threadripper 1920X and GTX Titan X

1920X @ 4.0 GHz can draw going on for 300W
Titan X is rated 250W and OCing it will draw more...say 600W OCing both before rest of system

Where is my PSU giving max efficiency?

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And if SLI becomes undead to me or I decide to run a couple of AMD GPUs...it will still hold near that even higher up the W scale.

Knowing you are OCing with the PSU at max happy....priceless....years of service ahead...

**sandro c** · 02-08-2018 06:32 PM

Hi forum,

Hi Arne,

Finally you're back .... hurray !!!

NB ...excuse my Hardware...i am not in a wrong forum or not ?

sandro c.

**Arne Saknussemm** · 02-08-2018 07:04 PM

Ciao sandro c!

Very good to see you about my friend!

That hardware still rocks...no doubt about it...

The Noctua Mod still going strong!

Menthol PC Specs
Motherboard	M 10 Apex / XI gene
Processor	8700K / 9900K
Memory (part number)	2x8 Gskill Trident Z 4266/2x2x8 Gskill Trident Z 4500
Graphics Card #1	RTX 2080ti / GTX 1060
Sound Card	SoundBlaster Ae5 / Onboard
Monitor	BENQ 32" 4K
Storage #1	Intel 900p 480GB/Samsung 960 Pro 1TB
Storage #2	Intel 750 1.2TB/Plextor 1 TB 2X 950 Pro
CPU Cooler	Corsair H150i AIO / H1110i
Case	Corsair 740 ? Lian Li Air
Power Supply	Corsair AX 1200i / AX 1200i
Keyboard	Corsair
Mouse	ASUS Strix
Headset	HyperX Cloud Alpha
Mouse Pad	ASUS
Headset/Speakers	Logitech Z906
OS	10 X64 Pro
Network Router	Verizon Fios
Accessory #1	Intel Wifi BT pcie card
Accessory #2	Red Bull
Accessory #3	English Breakfast Tea

Arne Saknussemm PC Specs
Laptop (Model)	Laptop?...No way! (Model?...Jun Amaki...yes way!)
Motherboard	ROG ZENITH II EXTREME
Processor	THREADRIPPER 3960X
Memory (part number)	TXBD48G4000HC18FBK
Graphics Card #1	GTX Titan X
Graphics Card #2	SLI is dead to me
Graphics Card #3	Tri SLI is even dead to Nvidia
Graphics Card #4	Quad SLI is dead to everybody especially my credit card
Sound Card	Xonar Essence STX
Monitor	ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q
Storage #1	Samsung 970/960/950 PRO
Storage #2	2x OCZ VERTEX 3/2x WD Caviar Black 500GB / 2x WD RED 2TB/Samsung 1TBSSDs
CPU Cooler	Custom Loop: Dual D5s, Dual Alphacool Monsta 480s, XSPC Raystorm Neo TR4, EK TitanX WaterBlock
Case	Nope!...Dimastech Easy XL...let it all hang out man!
Power Supply	Seasonic 1000 Platinum
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe MK2 ROG Claymore... or Fender Rhodes Electric Piano (MKI 73)
Mouse	Corsair M65Pro or Speedy Gonzalez...not Mickey...don't do Disney!
Headset	...firmly on neck
Mouse Pad	Mouse don't got his own pad man...lives with me
Headset/Speakers	Edifier Spinnaker...or you mean the speakers in my head...man too many voices to name them all
OS	Win XP, 7, 8, 8.1 and Windows 10 Spyware Edition
Network Router	56k modem
Accessory #1	Umm...nice tie?
Accessory #2	Err...belt?
Accessory #3	3 accessories?! I'm not a girl!!

SlackROG PC Specs
Motherboard	Maximus VIII Hero
Processor	i7-6700K
Memory (part number)	Corsair LPX 16GB DDR4 2133 C13
Graphics Card #1	EVGA GTX 1060 06G-P4-6262-KR
Sound Card	Motherboard - Onboard
Monitor	MSI Optix G24C
Storage #1	Samsung 850 Pro SSD 128GB
Storage #2	Samsung 840 Pro SSD 128GB
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-U14S
Case	Fractal Design Meshify
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 550 G3
Keyboard	Kingston HyperX Alloy FPS Pro
Mouse	Kingston HyperX Pulsefire
Mouse Pad	Kingston HyperX
OS	Slackware 14.2 x64 & Windows 10 x64

Arne Saknussemm PC Specs
Laptop (Model)	Laptop?...No way! (Model?...Jun Amaki...yes way!)
Motherboard	ROG ZENITH II EXTREME
Processor	THREADRIPPER 3960X
Memory (part number)	TXBD48G4000HC18FBK
Graphics Card #1	GTX Titan X
Graphics Card #2	SLI is dead to me
Graphics Card #3	Tri SLI is even dead to Nvidia
Graphics Card #4	Quad SLI is dead to everybody especially my credit card
Sound Card	Xonar Essence STX
Monitor	ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q
Storage #1	Samsung 970/960/950 PRO
Storage #2	2x OCZ VERTEX 3/2x WD Caviar Black 500GB / 2x WD RED 2TB/Samsung 1TBSSDs
CPU Cooler	Custom Loop: Dual D5s, Dual Alphacool Monsta 480s, XSPC Raystorm Neo TR4, EK TitanX WaterBlock
Case	Nope!...Dimastech Easy XL...let it all hang out man!
Power Supply	Seasonic 1000 Platinum
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe MK2 ROG Claymore... or Fender Rhodes Electric Piano (MKI 73)
Mouse	Corsair M65Pro or Speedy Gonzalez...not Mickey...don't do Disney!
Headset	...firmly on neck
Mouse Pad	Mouse don't got his own pad man...lives with me
Headset/Speakers	Edifier Spinnaker...or you mean the speakers in my head...man too many voices to name them all
OS	Win XP, 7, 8, 8.1 and Windows 10 Spyware Edition
Network Router	56k modem
Accessory #1	Umm...nice tie?
Accessory #2	Err...belt?
Accessory #3	3 accessories?! I'm not a girl!!

Velcade PC Specs
Motherboard	ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Processor	Intel - Core i7-8700K 5.0GHz 6-Core Processor
Memory (part number)	G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory
Graphics Card #1	GeForce GTX 1080 STRIX-GTX1080-A8G-GAMING
Monitor	PG279Q ROG Swift
Storage #1	Crucial - MX500 2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage #2	Western Digital - Gold 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
CPU Cooler	Fractal Design - Celsius S36 87.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Case	Fractal Design - Define R6 Gunmetal TG ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply	EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Headset	Sennheiser HD650
OS	Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
Network Router	RT-N66U
Accessory #1	Blue Yeti Microphone

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sandro c PC Specs
Laptop (Model)	Dell Ispiron i5
Motherboard	RIVE
Processor	i7 3930K @4600 Mhz
Memory (part number)	Corsair D. CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 @2200
Graphics Card #1	Asus GTX580 TI oc
Graphics Card #2	none
Graphics Card #3	none
Graphics Card #4	none
Sound Card	Realtk on board 7.channel
Monitor	Samsung LV32F390F
Storage #1	Raid0 2x samsung 850 pro
Storage #2	Raid0 2x samsung 850 pro
CPU Cooler	Noctua NHD14- Dynatron R13 under cpu soket
Case	Thermaltake Armor 6000B
Power Supply	Enermax 625W modu82+
Keyboard	Logitech G105
Mouse	Logitech G300S
Headset	HP USB2
Mouse Pad	a white printer foil
Headset/Speakers	RCF Home theatre 5 channels
OS	Win10 pro-Win10 Insider-Win7 pro
Network Router	Technicolor ADSL 46 Mbit
Accessory #1	Webcam Logitech 9000
Accessory #2	Epson ptoto Stilus PX800FW
Accessory #3	USB DTT receiver